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2017-10-20
Nicole Virgil and Ron Cress each explain why they are fighting their town's laws to grow, respectively, food and native plants. Michele Hoffman talks about a new growing technique that might give the world’s declining coral reefs a fighting chance.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 48.29MB - Duration: 1:45:29 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-10-20
Paul Coffey from the Art Institute of Chicago and Jeff Levrant of Homan Grown explain how the Oaks of North Lawndale project will bring trees and art to that west side Chicago community.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 23.2MB - Duration: 50:41 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-10-12
Author and native plant landscaper Benjamin Vogt talks about his new book, A New Garden Ethic. Gale Community Academy Principal Augustine 'Augie' Emuwa and A Just Harvest’s Rev. Marilyn Pagan-Banks and Tonia Andreina a teaching students about growing food
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 48.56MB - Duration: 1:46:05 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-10-12
Landscape architect Carol Yetlen talks about managing the gardens surrounding the Baha’i Temple in Wilmette. Tom Klitzkie from Nature’s Perspective Landscaping has advice on keeping your plants well-watered in a dry spell.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 23.88MB - Duration: 52:10 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-10-05
Sharon Bladholm talks about her latest nature-focused art exhibit. Mike and Peggy interview a man who grew a 1,852 pound pumpkin this year. Erik Carlberg and Doug Snower from Windfree Solar explain why this is a good time for clean energy in Illinois.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 48.72MB - Duration: 1:46:26 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-10-05
Peggy and Mike broadcast live from the SCARCE Green Fair at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, where reduce, reuse and recycle are the words of the day.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 23.89MB - Duration: 52:11 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-09-28
Toxicologist David J. Zaber comments on the efficacy of spraying mosquitoes. Kay McKeen from SCARCE promotes their Green Fair. Mike Mikulka from EPA Region 5 visits the Science Desk with Michele Hoffman and reports on efforts to gut the federal agency.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 48.66MB - Duration: 1:46:19 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-09-28
Some of our iconic ash and oak species are on the brink of extinction. Dr. Murphy Westwood from The Morton Arboretum and Dr. Rex Bastian from Davey Tree Experts talk about why that has happened and what we do to save them.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 23.98MB - Duration: 52:22 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-09-22
Lisa M. Rose talks about her book Midwest Medicinal Plants and how you can forage for those plants in your own yard. Doug Taron from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum reports on Midwest monarch populations as they begin their migration to Mexico.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 48.4MB - Duration: 1:45:44 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-09-22
Friends of the Parks Executive Director Juanita Irizarry returns to the show to discuss the latest developments surrounding the proposed Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 24.11MB - Duration: 52:41 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)
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